When a black 2012 McLaren sports car crashed into a storage facility in Mt. Vernon Thursday, the good news was that the driver and passenger were not hurt.

The bad news, however, is that the high-end sports car was all but destroyed in the 2:25 p.m. crash off Interstate 30 near Highway 37.

The model of the sports car was not available, but it's safe to say that the price is not for the faint-of-heart.

Consider that Kelley Blue Book lists a 2012 McLaren MP4-12C at $231,400, while MotorTrend reports that the McLaren 12C Spider can go upwards of $280,000. The website for Black & White Car Rental in Los Angeles says the car rents for $2,860 per day or $17,160 per week, KLTV-Channel 7 in Tyler reported.

"He ran off the road, across the median, and over the southbound service road and through a chain-link fence that surrounds the storage facility," said Chief Deputy Chris Mars of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

Chen and his passenger, Olivia Guley of California, were taking part in the goldRush Rally, KLTV reported. The cars in the rally left Dallas and were headed to their next stop, Memphis, Tenn. The rally began in San Francisco and ends in Chicago.

The cost to participate in the rally: $14,000.

Mars, who has investigated his share of motor-vehicle accidents in his career, was driving on I-30 when he spotted the totaled out McLaren at Mt. Vernon Discount Storage.

"I was heartbroken for them (occupants)," he said. "After they pulled it out of there, I could see there was extensive damage. It'll break your heart to see a beautiful car made for speed like that. But there's a time and place for that (speeding), not when families are driving up and down the road."